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vanquishes

vanquishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vanquish.

Meaning of vanquish

Verb

vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)

  1. (transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
    • In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt buckle vvith me; / And if thou vanquiſheſt, thy vvords are true, / Othervviſe I renounce all confidence.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about vanquishes

What is vanquishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vanquishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vanquish.

Words near vanquishes in the dictionary

  1. vanquish
  2. vanquishable
  3. vanquished
  4. vanquisher
  5. vanquishers
  6. vanquishes
  7. vanquishest
  8. vanquisheth
  9. vanquishing
  10. vanquishment
  11. vanquishments

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